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In old English law. A customary payment of a penny on entering into and going out of a tenancy (pro exitu de tenura, et pro ingressu.) Spelman. … [Read more...] about INPENY AND OUTPENY

In the civil law. Not named or classed; belonging to no specific class; ranking under a general head. A term applied to those contracts for which no certain or precise remedy was appointed, but a general action on the case only. Dig. 2, 1, 4, 7, 2; Id. 19, 4, 5. Innominate contracts, literally, are the "unclassified" contracts of Roman law. They are contracts which are neither … [Read more...] about INNOMINATE

1. A body of men appointed by law to inquire into certain matters. The grand jury is sometimes called the "grand inquest." 2. The judicial inquiry made by a jury summoned for the purpose is called an "inquest." The finding of such men, upon an investigation, is also called an "inquest" People v. Coombs, 36 App. Div. 284, 55 N. Y. Supp. 276; Davis v. Bibb County, 116 Ga. 23, 42 … [Read more...] about INQUEST

civil law. Contracts which have no particular names, as permutation and transaction, are so called. Inst. … [Read more...] about INNOMINATE CONTRACTS

An examination into a matter by an officer in virtue of his office. Vide Inquisition. … [Read more...] about INQUEST OF OFFICE